Water Street Studios to host 2013 Winter Show on Jan. 18

BATAVIA – Water Street Studios will showcase its 2013 Winter Show at 6 p.m. Jan. 18.

The Best of Show will be announced at 7 p.m. in the main gallery of Water Street Studios, 160 W. Wilson St., Batavia.

Lelde Kalmite – a painter with a Ph.D in art education who spent years as a teacher and nonprofit arts administrator and is currently the curator at the Bridgeport Art Center in Chicago – will be the guest juror of the show.

In a news release, gallery director Steven Lockwood said: “Out of the many artists who submitted, the jury selected five honorable mention artists and one Best of Show. For the gallery to continue to evolve, we strive to showcase new work, and I’m proud of the caliber of work we are representing in the gallery.”